Observations 960331
Leo Barhorst (leobarhorst@pi.net)
Sun, 31 Mar 96 22:44:58 PST
This evening I observed the following satellites. There were qiute some
clouds, but later on the sky cleared. Kyakutake was good visible, even its tail.
63- 30 A 96-03-31 19:43:34 LB 135.8 0.5 4 34.0 AA, mag 7->inv
Difficult to see. I timed all four flashes and it seems it has two periods
one of about 28 seconds, the other about 40 seconds:
0 - 28.72 - 37.44 - 27.88 - 41.74
86- 37 B 96-03-31 19:14:51 LB 59.4 0.5 2 29.7 AA, mag 5->inv
89- 17 B 96-03-31 19:19:02 LB 74.7 0.5 4 18.7 AA, mag 4->7
90- 81 K 96-03-31 19:56:57 LB 78.2 0.5 2 39.1 'Aa'A, mag 4->inv
I've measured on the bright max; in between the max is about mag 5
92- 8 B 96-03-31 20:14:07 LB 78.5 0.5 8 9.8 AA, mag 4->inv
Measuring every second flash gives:
0 - 19.88 - 19.34 - 19.87 - 19.38
Again two periods, albeit not so far apart as with 63 30 A
92- 36 B 96-03-31 20:03:07 LB 31.1 0.2 8 3.89 FF, mag 4->inv
Keeps on flashing very nice.
Clear skies and happy observing
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Name: Leo Barhorst Alkmaar (Neth) 52 deg 38 sec N
4 deg 47 sec E
E-mail: leobarhorst@pi.net also a member of Seesat-L
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